The thing about grits is they can be a bit bland by themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Grits with Squirrel Livers and Hearts] Reference
Luisa -- I would bet their recipe for grits is spot on delicious. From Wordnik.com. [True grits | Homesick Texan] Reference
"The thing about grits is that you've got to cook 'em really slow.". From Wordnik.com. [True grits | Homesick Texan] Reference
The name grits is thought to come from grytte, the Old English word for bran. From Wordnik.com. [Local News] Reference
Without you, I could not continue to "pen" these bite-sized pieces of Provence, slices of French life, or grits from the Gaul. From Wordnik.com. [honteux - French Word-A-Day] Reference
The grits are a party against people of faith, particularly Christians. From Wordnik.com. [Dr Roy's Thoughts] Reference
The grits were a combo of 1/3 a C of outrageously expensive Anston Mills grits and 1/2 C plain old Quaker grits. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-03-01] Reference
The shrimp were big and well-cooked, but the grits were my favorite part: creamy on the inside, dense, toasty-solid on the outside. From Wordnik.com. [Blake Makes a food blog by One Ambitious Foodie] Reference
Complete with skillet and serving breakfasts of 'grits'. From Wordnik.com. ["The Shack"] Reference
My grandmother still makes her own (and still calls them "grits"). From Wordnik.com. [Greasy Spoons] Reference
The "grits" were money and they were gone in no time. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Reviews Near San Francisco, CA] Reference
Polenta is made from ground dried corn unlike grits which is made with dry hominy soaked in lye. From Wordnik.com. [columbiatribune.com stories] Reference
The instant I ran across the word "grits" in the post, even before I got to your film reference, I thought: "My Cousin Vinny.". From Wordnik.com. [Drudge Retort] Reference
It contained but "grits," a small hominy, cooked with a piece of bacon, yet never it seemed to the lads had they tasted better food. From Wordnik.com. [Boy Scouts in Southern Waters] Reference
I think the idea of grits toast is a great idea. From Wordnik.com. [creamy white polenta with mushrooms | smitten kitchen] Reference
Y'all come down sometime -- for hot silicon grits!. From Wordnik.com. [Top Tech Towns] Reference
Soft grits from various shells were used by the Army. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
I never liked grits, but they were there inside my soul. From Wordnik.com. [Someone will come upon a savior] Reference
We ate hominy, mush, grits and pone bread for the most part. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
She pulls some sludge, green mold and crusty grits out of me. From Wordnik.com. [Someone will come upon a savior] Reference
(One comes over and does a pretty good Georgia-accented riff on grits.). From Wordnik.com. [NBC's Outsourced: Separating Fact from Comedy] Reference
Stir the hominy grits into the water and continue to boil for 10 minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads] Reference
De flour wuz made into white bread an 'de corn wuz groun' into meal an 'grits. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
All meals usually consisted of grits, bacon, syrup, corn bread and vegetables. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1] Reference
Large amounts of shell grits and meal are used as diluents in the manufacture of dynamite. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
All of the stones or grits mentioned are to be procured at the marble mason's at a low rate. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
Various grades of grits are required depending upon the nature of the pieces being finished. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
There was a strip of bacon a few inches thick, some flour, grits -- and these were about all. From Wordnik.com. [Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School] Reference
He spreads the hole open obscenely, and pours vodka down it, as he grits his teeth and sneers. From Wordnik.com. [Independence Day] Reference
"My fans know I love my cheese grits with shrimp, and I'm not giving them up to be a size 2," she says. From Wordnik.com. [WHY NOT RAVEN?] Reference
(Soundbite of song, "Soul Food") GOODIE MOB: (Rapping) Daddy put tha hot grits on my chest in tha morning. From Wordnik.com. [Goodie Mob: Come And Get Some 'Soul Food'] Reference
Then the seed is carried to the "huller," where it is crushed or ground into a rough meal about as coarse as the ordinary corn "grits.". From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888] Reference
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